Shangri-La Dialogue 2008

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Press Coverage 2008

02 Jun 2008 - - BBC News - Burmese still lack aid a month on In the aftermath of the 2-3 May cyclone, the military government came under huge international pressure to step up its relief effort, and received heavy criticism for refusing to allow foreign aid workers into the affected regions. At the weekend, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates accused the Burmese regime of "criminal neglect", saying that the initial delays could have cost tens of thousands of lives.
02 Jun 2008 - - Guardian - Cyclone Nargis: one month on, US accuses Burma of criminal neglect The US defence secretary, Robert Gates, said he would make a decision within "a matter of days" whether or not to withdraw US navy ships from the Burmese coast. They had been mobilised to coordinate aid deliveries. "It's becoming pretty clear the regime is not going to let us help," Gates told reporters in Singapore.
02 Jun 2008 - - Agence France Presse - UN warns of 'urgent work' to help Myanmar cyclone victims US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has accused the regime of "criminal neglect" for refusing their help, saying Myanmar's initial delays could have cost tens of thousands of lives. "Unless the regime changes its approach, its policy, more people will die," he said after a weekend regional security forum in Singapore. .
02 Jun 2008 - - Associated Press Of Pakistan - CJCSC addresses dialogue forum in Singapore Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Tariq Majid has said that cumulative effect of happenings in the Middle East, sledge hammer approach of Coalition Forces in contiguous Pashtun areas of Afghanistan, cross-border missile strikes causing civilian deaths in FATA and tendency of some of the Western Countries to micro-manage our counter-terrorism policies have created a perception that the global war on terror is directed at Muslims. He was addressing the participants of...
02 Jun 2008 - - Indo-Asian News Service - India’s secular and pluralistic character being challenged: Minister India’s domestic security challenges emanate primarily from forces that ideologically challenge the country’s pluralistic and secular character, Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju has said. “By espousing ethnic or religious extremism and advocating separation, they seek to threaten the Indian identity,” he said while addressing the Shangri La Dialogue regional security forum in Singapore over the weekend. The complete text of the address was made available here Monday. ...
02 Jun 2008 - - Indo-Asian News Service - Global scenario giving mixed picture: Minister The global scenario today provides “a very mixed picture” to India’s defence policy makers, Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju has said. And India had to engage with the rest of the world more and more as its economy became more globalised, he said while addressing the Shangri La Dialogue regional security forum in Singapore over the weekend.

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Agenda

2008 Agenda

Plenary Sessions and Speeches

2008 Speeches

Dialogue Report 2008

The IISS has a compiled a report on the summit held in 2008 containing details of the plenary sessions and a flavour of the discussions in the breakout groups.

The Shangri-La Dialogue Report 2008 is available online.